bioinnovel Chapter 190 Shocking! Intelligence on the Imperial Sacrifice!!
Chapter 190 Shocking! Intelligence on the Imperial Sacrifice!!
Xue Youyou slammed her hand heavily on the table, making the cups and saucers rattle, and said coldly, "What do you mean by this?"
"Do you even realize how virtuous a beast tamer you are slandering and defaming?"
"Tell me, what action of mine made you think I'm some kind of culinary master? If you don't explain yourself clearly today, I'll raze this entire Qingqiu to the ground tonight!"
Xue Youyou was seething with anger.
She clearly exercised restraint in everything she did during her raid on Qingqiu Mountain, avoiding destruction as much as possible during the battle, even carefully protecting the roadside flowers and plants. Afterwards, she even went out of her way to heal Su Yao's injuries. How could she possibly be labeled an "old master chef" by this person?
To everyone's surprise, Tu Shan Yue only glanced at Xue Youyou with pity and sighed softly, "How pitiful. You are a culinary master but do not know it. You are just like me when I was young."
Xue Youyou: "..."
Tu Shan Yue continued unhurriedly, "Ordinary people have limited abilities and believe in 'a gentleman judges by his actions, not his intentions.' As long as you put on a good enough show, those mortals can even elevate a culinary god to the status of a saint. But we Qingqiu foxes have lived for thousands of years and have long possessed the ability to see through people's hearts, so you can't hide from us."
Seeing Xue Youyou's bewildered expression, Tu Shanyue paused and added, "If you don't believe me, you can ask Yao Yao and the others if you have a culinary genius personality. They are all Qingqiu foxes who have lived for thousands of years, just like me."
Xue Youyou immediately cast her hopeful gaze toward Su Yao and her group of foxes.
However, apart from Su Yao, the other seven Qingqiu foxes nodded quickly in unison, their actions so decisive that it seemed the matter had already been settled.
Xue Youyou's heart tightened, and she could only place her last hope on Su Yao.
As the saying goes, battle is also an exchange of minds. Those who have fought against her must understand how noble a beast tamer she is.
That's what Xue Youyou thought.
Under everyone's gaze, Su Yao looked particularly hesitant. After struggling for a while, she slowly walked up to Xue Youyou and prostrated herself in front of her, performing a solemn dogeza (lower kneel) bow.
Upon seeing this, Xue Youyou felt a strong sense of foreboding.
Sure enough, the next second, Su Yao's slightly apologetic voice rang out: "Although it was very rude, Miss is right. I swear in the name of Qingqiu that these words are spoken with absolute impartiality and without the slightest bias."
Xue Youyou: "..."
After a long silence, she picked up her wine glass, took a small sip of the fruit wine, and then slowly spoke: "Qingqiu, what a prejudiced and ignorant clan."
"I am a beast tamer who is full of love and cares for all under heaven."
"so--"
A smile bloomed on her previously icy face, and Xue said softly, "This time, I will forgive you for the slander you committed out of ignorance."
Tu Shan Yue was slightly taken aback at first, then burst out laughing, saying as she laughed, "Yao Yao, Miss Bai Xue Ji is so magnanimous, why don't you go and arrange a seat for my old friend, Soul Master Ming Shuang?"
As it spoke, it lightly tapped its fingertip, and the magic-suppressing handcuffs on the wrist of the Frost Soul Master instantly transformed into a stream of light and vanished without a trace.
These magic-suppressing handcuffs were originally intended to prevent the Soul Master of the Frost Realm from escaping. Since Xue Youyou has already hinted at a possible reconciliation, there's no need to keep them handcuffed any longer.
Xue Youyou's eyes flickered slightly upon seeing this, and she understood. These magic-suppressing handcuffs were formed from Tu Shanyue's pet. In other words, Tu Shanyue's strength was far superior to that of this crippled emperor.
She immediately reminded him, "Let's make this clear first, if someone commits murder or arson in Yuelan Prefecture, I can't just stand by and do nothing."
After all, she had released the Soul Master of the Frost Realm by a twist of fate. If the Soul Master's actions caused disaster in Yue Lan Prefecture, she would feel extremely guilty.
The Soul Master of the Frost Netherworld let out a muffled groan and said in a low, hoarse voice, "Don't worry, I'll just hunt some wild game to replenish my strength. I'm not interested in you beast tamers."
After saying that, he sat down next to the two of them.
Tu Shan Yue clapped her hands and said with a smile, "Hehehe, from now on we're all allies."
Before she could finish speaking, Xue Youyou flatly denied it: "We do have a cooperative relationship, but that's all. As for allies, forget about it."
What a joke! She has no intention of becoming an ally of a beast like the Soul Master of the Frost, whom everyone hates.
Her snowy ally must be a saint as pure and noble as she is.
As if she could see right through her thoughts, Tu Shan Yue smiled meaningfully: "Forgive my bluntness, but the only person who could fall for you is probably a woman with a terrible personality like me."
Xue Youyou rolled her eyes: "Stop talking nonsense and tell me about that information of yours that's worth as much as a gold skill card."
Having come this far, she no longer held much hope for the "worth a fortune" news that Tu Shanyue had mentioned.
What intelligence could be more valuable than a gold skill card?
In her view, only information about the three major evolutionary paths was worthy of Tu Shan Yue's previous praise.
But that's impossible. The information on the three evolutionary pathways is priceless, far beyond what a mere gold skill card can compare to.
What else could there be?
Several possibilities flashed through Xue Youyou's mind, but she felt that she was not very confident about any of them.
However, this time, before speaking, Tu Shanyue solemnly set up a soundproof barrier, completely enveloping the three of them, instantly making the atmosphere mysterious.
Then, Tu Shan Yue made a startling statement: "What I'm about to tell you is information about the Emperor's Festival~"
"The Imperial Sacrifice?!" Xue Youyou's pupils suddenly contracted, and her hand holding the wine glass froze in mid-air, completely unaware that a few drops of fruit wine had spilled.
Of course she knew what the Imperial Ritual was.
Imperial pets are those that stand at the very top of the pyramid, enough to make countless beast tamers spend their entire lives pursuing them.
However, even among the same imperial pet beasts, the differences between them can be vast.
Ordinary imperial beasts achieve their status through conventional evolutionary paths, bloodline awakening, or by chance. While powerful, they ultimately have an upper limit. However, imperial beasts that ascend through the Imperial Sacrifice are a different story altogether—they are beings personally crowned by the gods.
According to legend, the Imperial Ritual is an extremely rare celestial phenomenon, a blessing ceremony that is performed when the remaining divine power resonates with a particular place of land.
Imperial pets that undergo transformation through the Imperial Sacrifice will have their power, potential, lifespan, and even their soul essence baptized by the gods. Conservatively speaking, they can be ten to a hundred times stronger than ordinary emperors.
Those who are even more superstitious about legends believe them to be a hundred or even a thousand times more.
That's not an exaggeration in numbers, but a crushing defeat on a life level.
Throughout history, there have been only a handful of recorded imperial sacrifices, each one giving rise to a legendary beast tamer and a legendary pet that could change the course of an era. And without exception, these legends have been etched into the annals of history.